Commonwealth v. Lichter
Washington County Court of Quarter Sessions
Motion for arrest of judgment and for judgment n. o. v. Q. S. Washington Co., Feb. Sess., 1922, No. 76.
1Opinion of the Court
Brownson, P. J.,
The defendant was found guilty by a jury of the unlawful sale of whiskey. The indictment was based upon the Brooks Law, Act of May 13, 1887, P. L. 108, as amended by the Act of May 5, 1921, P. L. 407, commonly known as the Woner Act. We have before us a motion in arrest of judgment. The reasons assigned in support of it go in part to the form of the indictment. Matters of form are not a ground for arresting judgment upon an indictment duly found, after conviction by a jury, unless the defect of form amounts to a failure to charge an indictable offence. We are of opinion that…
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